Re: check_progs is not portable

2005-10-25 Thread Joshua Hoblitt
On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 03:59:44PM -0400, Will Coleda wrote: > I think that module is small enough and useful enough for the build > process to include in parrot if we need to (and copying it in is > better than rewriting it from scratch), but... > > I think this would be a good time (esp. af

Re: check_progs is not portable

2005-10-25 Thread jerry gay
On 10/25/05, Joshua Hoblitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > File::Which is a rather small amount of code in a single file so I'd be > inclined to include it in the Parrot tree rather then reinventing the > wheel. I've always been puzzled as to why there isn't a core perl5 > module with this functiona

Re: check_progs is not portable

2005-10-25 Thread Will Coleda
On Oct 25, 2005, at 3:35 PM, Joshua Hoblitt wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 06:31:43AM +0200, Fran?ois PERRAD wrote: The subroutine check_progs defined in lib/Parrot/Configure/Step.pm is not portable (doesn't work on MSWin32). On MSWin32, the real filename of a program is prog.exe, prog.

Re: check_progs is not portable

2005-10-25 Thread Joshua Hoblitt
On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 06:31:43AM +0200, Fran?ois PERRAD wrote: > > The subroutine check_progs defined in lib/Parrot/Configure/Step.pm is not > portable (doesn't work on MSWin32). > On MSWin32, the real filename of a program is prog.exe, prog.com, prog.bat > or prog.cmd , so if -x 'prog' is not